New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-26
SEIZURES BY CANADIANS.
AMERICAN FISHING VESSELS CAPTURED
/. scHooNrR TWO SEINE BOATS AND 'HiN'' '''''
ny DOMINION CRUISERS
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u.,IrAx July 25.-A sensation mas Deen ~
80 An official circles here by reports OF inc 'e.
- ~ three American fishing vessels. Inc s."eo
s..h.r.o has been 80 quiet that tho sci1uI'
!, +bree vessels in one day Ii mo'.
,.cted There was big strike OF maoA c..
shore an the Prince Edward Island ooas' on o1.
a.v owing to the fine weather. There were W.
ous hundred sail Of Americans in oourls n",oo.
""e ".N - an mt TO sea and gathered In
~;.,. haryest. There was only one cruiser !"
....~h ,h. whole Heet, and it was OF course iin-
""ss;h,. N protect the whole school Inc MAJOR
e. ~ Canadisn fishermen refuse to nsh on oun.
a. aud the one hundred Americans had almost
.he whole thing to themselves Ihe cruiser O,'uo
az sailing in and out among them ana Xep'
.hem continually on the move, but OF course w"'
enable to prevent many OF them taxing u'o n'"
inside the limit where they sohooied In enormous
Quantities The Gloucester schoonefs Ooio"eA
1onas II. French and the Argonaut moro DARING
than the Others set their seiDes ABOUT niiie an"
. half from East Point and not far from wnere
,he Highland Light was seized last year. Inc
critic made an attempt to capture both vessels
s,,sy were too quick, however, for the skipper
:, the cruiser and both vessels escaped outside
~. limit. but Captain B. Mclean succeeded In
.anturine the seine boat and seine Of each ves-
-, and the thirteen men who manned the two
..;ne boats These are now in Souris, but the
Irconaut and the Jonas ii. French set sail. prob
.hlv for Gloucester, as, If they are caught With
An the three. mile limit at any time they will be
.antnred and tried for violation Of the treaty
Al Sbelburne to-day Captain knowlton seized
the Gloucester schooner Annie W. Hodgson ZOE
violation Of the custom laws. The Hodgson was
io Sbelburne last week, Captain knowlton was
informed, looking for bait. She sailed and the
cruiser followed her five miles to sea. when
they parted the Hodgsons skipper told Captain
Know lton that he was going straight Tor the
Banks The cruiser made trip around Pubinco
and on her return to Shelburne to-day found the
Hodgson was looking for bait and consequently
kept q sharp eye on her. Going down Shelburne
harbor at an early hour this morning In log he
found the Hodgson setting all her sail ior sea,
but overlook her, and nndlng tnas sle MAJ, msa
the shore Jnd had not reported at the custom
House, detained her. Captain Morrison tells the
following story:
on a fishing trip. On Sunday morning was
anchored in eight fathoms OF water fifteen miles
south southeast OF Sh urne Light Dur ng
the morning three dories left the vessel to VISIT
travis Two Of them returned shortly afterward
but the third strayed away in the fog. There
was another fisherman lying to the west,north-
west Of us about three miles, When tne log
ffted about o'clock ran up to her and found
that my men bad been aboard her but left to
return to me. Immediately returned to my oh
anchorage ground in the hope that / would
hay found them there. As 1t set
in thick again . toward night
determined to run int, Shelburne ha Dor TO see II
the men had out in there. Thew might have beard
the fog whistle and would row for the
Sbelburne for safety. dropped anchor inside the
light this morning and sent . boat ashore to
look for my missing men. We found them
and the dory that missing and the search being
over both dories returned TO the ship. The missing
men brought the fish that they had taken
from the travis. yesterday; These are the
FISH now on my dock uDcleaned did not report
40 far up the harbor and wanted
TO get back to my travis" Captain Morrison
emphatically denied that he was seeking bait
either last week or pow and says that he has squd
,uhf do NJ he trim